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Zak Failla

Assistant Managing Editor

zfailla@dailyvoice.com

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Equal parts Lois Lane, J. Jonah Jameson and Vicki Vale, Zak! has traveled from coast-to-coast covering small and big town community news in both in print and online for nearly a decade since his graduation from the award-winning Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in 2010.

Before settling into the Hudson Valley, Zak! previously spent time in the New York Daily News newsroom and worked for hyperlocal digital news outlets on Long Island. He wrote sports for The Ithacan and The Ithaca Journal before taking his talents to the Pacific Northwest, where he served as the sports editor at the Shoshone News-Press until heading back east to work with Daily Voice.

Zak Failla's Contributions

Business

Toyota Recalling 168K Pick-Up Trucks Due To Possible Fire Risk Toyota is conducting a large safety recall involving certain late model pick-up trucks. The auto giant announced that approximately 168,000 2022 and 2023 Toyota Tundra and Tundra Hybrid vehicles are subject to the recall due to a possible fire hazard. According to the company, the vehicles included in the recall are equipped with a plastic fuel tube that can move and rub against a brake line, developing a fuel leak. That fuel leak could then ignite, increasing the risk of a fire. To remedy the issue, Toyota dealers will replace the plastic fuel tube with an improved part and additional cla…

by Zak Failla

08/12/2023

Business

'Proud Marylander' Claims $4M 'Mega Millions' Lottery Prize Retirement may be coming early for one lucky Maryland Lottery player. A Montgomery County player - who stressed anonymity and identified only as "Proud Marylander" - is feeling fortuitous after winning $4 million playing "Mega Millions on Friday. The winning ticket was sold at Lobby Shop on North Charles Street in Baltimore, which will also cash in with a $5,000 bonus. According to Lottery officials, during the recent "Mega Millions" run, which ended when a ticket sold in Florida matched all the drawn numbers on Aug. 7 for a $1.58 billion jackpot, Maryland saw a total of 29 priz…

by Zak Failla

08/12/2023

Police & Fire

Police Probing Strange Circumstances Surrounding 6-Year-Old’s Shooting In Maryland Police in Baltimore are investigating a shooting after a 6-year-old was walked into an area hospital with a gunshot wound. On Friday, officers were called to Saint Agnes Hospital, where the child was taken after being struck in the leg by a bullet, and they spoke with the victim’s father and babysitter, causing some confusion. The babysitter said that early on Friday, Aug. 11, she was at Druid Hill Park near the pool and playground area with the child when reportedly gunshots rang out. At that point she said she noticed the boy’s leg was bleeding. According to investigators, she took the b…

by Zak Failla

08/12/2023

Traffic

Erratic Driver Causes Violent Head-On Crash With U-Haul Near VA Mall (Developing) An erratic driver caused havoc for drivers in Virginia on Friday, police say. Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department are investigating a crash on Route 50 involving four vehicles that was sparked by one reckless driver who ping-ponged through traffic. The multi-vehicle crash started when the driver of a 2007 Jeep Laredo was driving toward the Fair Oaks mall and rear-ended a 2023 Lexus before continuing on and hitting a Land Rover. Police say that the driver of the Jeep then struck the guardrail on the shoulder of Route 50 while still traveling east, went across the entire roa…

by Zak Failla

08/12/2023

News

Moped Driver Killed In Single-Vehicle Arlington Crash Police say that a man driving a speeding moped was killed after losing control and crashing into a utility pole in Arlington. Solomon Zeleke, 44, was driving his moped at a high-rate of speed at approximately 9:45 p.m. on Friday night on 1900 Carendon Boulevard when he suffered fatal injuries in the crash, according to authorities. The Arlington resident was found unresponsive at the crash scene and rushed to an area hospital, where he later died from his injuries. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Want breaking news in the DMV as it happens, or want to contribute? Join …

by Zak Failla

08/12/2023

Police & Fire

New Photos Released Of Carjackers, Getaway Vehicle That Left MD Man Shot In Head New details have been released following a violent carjacking in Prince George's County. Investigators from the Prince George's County Police say that a person was shot in the head and neck with a rifle during an armed carjacking at a Greenbelt gas station. Officers from the Greenbelt Police Department were called shortly after 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 10 to the Exxon gas station on Greenbelt Road, where a man suffered serious injuries. According to a witness, two men approached the victim while he was pumping gas while a third stayed in a nearby car. There was a brief struggle and the …

by Zak Failla

08/11/2023

Sports

NY Native Kevin Brown To Be 'Freed' From Much-Maligned Suspension By Major League Team Baltimore Orioles announcer and New York native Kevin Brown is ready to return home to the broadcasting booth. Brown, a Long Island native who was notoriously suspended from his job two weeks ago for accurately reporting about the team's past struggles against a rival is set to return to calling O’s games on Friday night, Aug. 11 when Baltimore squares off in Seattle against the Mariners. During the Sunday, July 23 game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Brown read his game notes - which are provided by the team's PR staff - regarding the Orioles' recent history playing in St. Petersburg. Ear…

by Zak Failla

08/11/2023

News

Wrong Stop: Drinking Carjackers Attempt To Steal Ride-On Metro Bus In Maryland, Police Say Two men who didn't like where their bus was heading took matters into their own hands and tried to take it over in Maryland, police say. Early on Friday morning, Ricko Ford, of Capitol Heights, 29, and 30-year-old Gaithersburg resident Wayne Pitt allegedly sought to a Ride-On Metro Bus in Wheaton in a strange carjacking that was called in overnight. The incident was reported shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 11 in the area of Connecticut Avenue and Georgia Avenue. Investigators say that the pair were picked up at the Glenmont Metro Station in Wheaton, when they advised the bus driv…

by Zak Failla

08/11/2023

Sports

Kevin Brown To Be 'Freed' From Much-Maligned Suspension By O's Ownership On Friday Baltimore Orioles announcer Kevin Brown is ready to return home to the broadcasting booth. Brown, who was notoriously suspended from his job two weeks ago after the organization made a gaffe that he repeated on a broadcast, is set to return to calling O’s games on Friday night when the team squares off in Seattle against the Mariners. During the July 23 game against the Tampa Rays, Brown read his game notes - which are provided by the team's PR staff - regarding the Orioles' recent history playing in St. Petersburg. Ownership didn't appreciate him pointing out the previous futility of the…

by Zak Failla

08/11/2023

News

Attempted Murder Charge For DC Man Involved In Near-Fatal Silver Spring Shooting: Police Police say that a Washington, DC man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder for a shooting earlier this summer in Maryland. Anthony Green, 37, has ben taken into custody in connection to a shooting on Saturday, July 15 in Silver Spring, authorities announced on Friday.. On the day of the shooting, police say that a man walked into the fire station in the 8100 block of Georgia Avenue at approximately 2 p.m. suffering from gunshot wounds to his torso. He was rushed to an area hospital with critical injuries, but survived. The investigation into the near-fatal shooting led polic…

by Zak Failla

08/11/2023

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